GUWAHATI: The Assam government has made the Assamese language compulsory for all official works in the state barring five districts under the Bodoland Territorial Region and three districts in the ...

Origins of the Tweedledum-Tweedledee relationship between Bengali and Assamese can be traced to the provincial administration in British India where educated Bengalis in droves were at the helm. The ...

A young singer was prevented from singing Assamese songs during a cultural programme in Tingkang, Assam, raising concerns about respect for the state’s cultural and linguistic heritage. The incident ...

Politicians, activists and scholars have documented the origins and development of the language, spoken mostly by tribal people, while the state government has shut down schools using Assamese. Since ...

Guwahati, October 3: The Central government has officially recognised Assamese as a classical language, along with four others, in a landmark decision on Thursday highlighting the nation's linguistic ...

Presented at the Northeast India Regional Pastoral Conference currently underway in Guwahati, the Assamese Missal is the brainchild of Bishop Albert Hermon of Dibrugarh. Assamese is the mother tongue ...

There’s jubilation across Assam with many terming the move by the Centre as a safeguard against questions about the language’s distinctive identity. As a language, Assamese has a long, deep-rooted and ...

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in the districts of Barak Valley and Bodoland Territorial Region, Bengali and Bodo languages will be used, respectively GUWAHATI: The Assamese language ...

The question paper of Literature of Assamese Language Paper I of UPSC IAS Civil Services Main Written Exam 2013 has been provided here for the candidates. Literature of Assamese Language optional is ...